The Benefits Alliance Group selects EQ Care as its preferred virtual care provider

MONTREAL, April 15, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ - The Benefits Alliance Group has entered into a preferred agreement with EQ Care, Canada's pioneer in telemedicine, offering employees and family members of its 7,500 clients on-demand access to EQ Care's online concierge virtual healthcare service. EQ Care's proprietary platform includes 24/7 virtual access to physicians, mental health specialists, and other medical and paramedical professionals, in all provinces and territories, in both official languages.

A Carefully-Chosen Alliance

"The Benefits Alliance Group partners with industry-leading firms, providing our advisors with unique products for their clients. EQ Care is a leader in virtual healthcare, which ensures our members have a competitive advantage in the marketplace," said Jim Edmands, President of the Benefits Alliance Group. "We are very excited to be working with EQ Care as their innovative technology and services are essential to ensuring our clients receive the healthcare they need in these challenging times."

Delivering High Quality Healthcare - Anytime, Anywhere

The Benefits Alliance Group has long been committed to offering industry-leading products through partnerships to power continuous improvement of its suite of solutions for clients and looks forward to helping employees and their dependents live their healthiest lives. With EQ Care's highly accessible and empathetic online and mobile platform, employees and their dependents are able to access exemplary healthcare with a live medical practitioner when they need it, anytime, anywhere.

"We are honoured to be partnering with The Benefits Alliance Group to enhance and expand its digital health solutions," said Daniel Martz, CEO, EQ Care. "The Benefits Alliance Group has a proven history of staying ahead of the innovation curve to create real value for clients. We are very proud to support its commitment to helping Canadian employees and their dependents get faster on-demand access to healthcare during these unprecedented times."

About EQ Care

EQ Care offers patients 24/7 national and bilingual online access to a specialized medical and mental health team providing personalized, comprehensive treatment options from any mobile or internet connected device. On the cutting edge of patient care, our mission is to ensure that our patients receive the highest quality service through our leading proprietary virtual health technology platform.

As the market leader in Canadian virtual care with over 30 years of health care experience, an ISO 9001:2015 certification, and over 400,000 virtual medical consultations managed, we are continually innovating to bring cutting edge mobile tools and approaches to our Plan Sponsors and Members.

About Benefits Alliance Group

The Benefits Alliance Group is a national organization comprised of 28 independent member firms with more than 175 advisors. Collectively we administer over 7,500 employee benefits plans with $900 million of group insurance premium, and 1,500 group retirement plans and over $2.5 billion in retirement plan assets.

SOURCE EQ Care